The incident took place in Ghazni province, where Taliban fighters tried to attack the village of Aalai Shahea. After unsuccessful attempts to overpower the village, they were "met with effective resistance" by its residents and quickly left the scene, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said in a statement.

The event is one in a series of examples of villagers withstanding and repelling insurgent attacks, including the successful defense of a village in the Gizab district in southeast Afghanistan in April that resulted in several insurgent deaths and four arrests, the statement said.

The insurgents traveled from neighboring Uruzgan province to conduct Tuesday's attack on the village, which is largely populated by Afghan security forces and their families, ISAF said.

"Attacking local people in their houses and villages demonstrates how desperate the Taliban have become in their failing operations to terrorize the Afghan people, and today the villagers fought back and won," said Maj. Paul Oliver, a military spokesman.

I applaud those villagers defending their homes and families against a bunch of thugs, the Taliban and Alqaeda are full of stupid brain washed side blinded men who have been lied to for so long, they really believe that their own God would be happy when they kill, maim, nail bomb humans their own God made. The losers of Taliban and Alqaeda dishonor Allah by hating the other groups of people of this world which Allah also made. THey need to know the truth, too bad they behead anyone who tries to tell them they were lied to by every Iman they know.

The only 'fabrications' we are interested here are the fabrication of the fuselage and the wings of the Predator Drones that are such effective terrorist killers. They are however not yet 'programed' just controlled remotely.

Don't forget these godless drones are butchering thousands of defenseless peasants,but the right-wing news media will never tell us that,Bledsoe.The rotten butchers who operate them need to be indicted and brought to justice,don't you agree with me???

@Anabel: Locals in Afghanistan are paid for their support of eh local government or U.S. forces either directly or through funding of projects ( i.e. building a canal, a school, ect...) if they provide information on the Taliban or anti-government forces. Either way, they are paid to do something they should have done for themselves. It is always better to die on feet than live on your knees.

Anabel,that's the very reason we can't win in Afghanistan.By standing up to bullies(the NATO forces) the Afghan people will support the Taliban as they along stand between Afghanistan and foreign domination.

Helicopters filled with pallets of stacks of newly minted 100 US dollar bills for the corrupt Karzai clan and various drug lords and war lords in Afghanistan, No Problem! A million unemployed American's getting screwed by the same Republican pile of morass and a big 'hell no' to extending unemployment benefits is a callous, crass slap across the faces of America.

Right! With the Afghanistan people not trusting the Karzai Afghanistan Police and frequently calling on the Taliban fighters to settle any disputes, this article alludes to the Afghanistan people turning against the Taliban? Propaganda is indeed live and kicking.

The people they are defending themselves from are their enemies. Why should they not get paid for doing their job do you think their families should starve? I hope indeeed they are paid a great deal more than the taliban and their supporters.

When the C.I.A.pays one off,it's no longer relevant which ethnic tribe one belongs to,GWisReal.Barack Obama is fully prepared to buy his victory over Islam if he cannot achieve it militarily no how much American taxpayer money it takes.

Money can't buy everything. Read the stories about Afgan troops killing their Nato trainers. Just cause they get paid, don't mean they can be trusted. The ethnic tribal connection still matter in this day and age. If we were ever going to get a handle on this situation, we need to understand these things. Taliban is mainly a Pashtun militia. Not really a surprise if other tribes resist them. That'd just be tribal warfare. It'd be more interesting if the villagers were themselves Pashtun.

If we take what was in the story for fact, this is the way I see it. The village contains many Afghan security forces people and their families. The Insurgents are the enemy of the ASF (at least today). Had the ASF and the other villagers not put up a fight, we'd bee reading a story about how the Insurgents killed everyone they could in an eastern Afghanistan village before Coalition forces could react. It boils down to attackers and defenders.

I do not know why Arabs or Muslims in general do not stand up to terrorists. I mean terrorism kills more Muslims than it does "Westerners". Estimates in Iraq in 2005 said that 250,000 civilians had been killed in the fighting not to mention all the other countries where terrorists blow themselves up in markets, public transportation, and places of business. It just seems crazy that they would not want to end the violence.

So the information you get from the Bible you believe to be untrue, why do you use it to contradict Christians and their beliefs in Jesus? If you believe that Jesus was the son of God how can you show so much disrespect to others who have the same faith? You did say Jesus was born of the virgin Mary!

If the World didn't have the Jews... They still be in the stone age!!! The Jewish People are what makes Country the way they are... The Muslin only have the Rich and Poor!!! That is what the Republicans are trying to do with This Country...

To everyone who says they were paid to do this – who cares? A win is a win. If we would have followed the SF model we would have flooded the country with cash and weapons right at the start and our boys would be home by now. It is much more cost effective to hire locals to the fighting. The taliban pay thier fighters around $200 a month. If we piad $400 a month we would mooch the majority of thier forces and still only be paying a fraction of what a GI is paid. Our problem is we think with our balls instead of our brains.

This a good sign. This means that Afgans are becoming more capable of defending themselves without help. There is still a lot of work to do, but this is a sign that we MIGHT be able to pull our combat troops out of Afghanistan sooner or later. I guess there is a light at the end of the tunnel, after all.

OH BOY: Religion, Politics, Wars, and everyone's opinions! I wonder what countries who deny their people the freedom to make comments like we do would have to say? Are we really suppossed to get a "warm & fuzzy" feeling that this one incident, from one village, and after 8yrs. is going to change anything? And lets not forget that religion has been, and continues to be, one of the main reasons people go crazy and start killing! The entire Muslim world is suffering because of these non-Muslim, sub-human fanatics, who have perverted their beleifs only to justify their cause.
Wars are an ugly, dehumanizing business. Innocents are ALWAYS victims or causalities. This is NO justification for anyone who would put bombs on men, women & children, from their own country, to live on this planet!

Daniel-2
One thing: why are you so negative about the positive things happening in this country......you are against the afghan crickerts winning the games...you are against the local population repelling the taliban...i thnk you are sick....why don't you visit a phscharist...

You should have crawled the beaches at Iwo Jima or trudged the landings on European shores or went into the German Forest. You are a foolish child. Hold thy tongue before stupidy flows down thy drooling lips. You have been blessed by the blood of our men on foreign lands. Don't denagrate their sacrifice with your voice crying on wings of war.

You guys should read the article again. The village is "largely populated by Afghan security forces and their families," so what do you think they're going to do? They're going to grab their weapons and shoot up those f***ing Taliban fools, that's what!!!!!

The Republicans are right wing... I consider Myself a Liberal because I support for the Military that is fighting for us!!! Because if it wasn't for us... You wouldn't be able to talk like you do on here!!!

Is this the stupidest story you ever heard, We have coalition troops from countless countries yet the natives that want to fight are unsupported? after all these years we should be aware of who are allies are in the damn country and we should have there back! trained coalition troops are killed weekly yet these poor people are left to fend for themselves? this is the most ridiculous thing I've heard. lets just wait for the Taliban to over run them so they have yet another stronghold to fight us from

I happen to be 50 years old but if they were to come here I would blow the crap out of the Taliban who call themselves religious people and if I were younger I would be right beside you killing as many of them as i could!

Bill Monroe, thanks for your service but I do have an idea of what is going on in Afghanistan and surely the people there do not want to return to the 90's when the Taliban ruled but also want a government that works for the people to offer them opportunity. But it surely is a good thing when the villagers stand up to those who once oppressed them and still kill those who are against the Taliban.

Okay, well have you been to Iraq? The locals turning against Al Qaida was the turn of the tides. I've never for to Af but I have to Iraq. I would think local uprisings would be good for the war. How can you refute that?

Well it is about time that the population begins to attack these animals who only want to take control over them! If more villagers would stand up and fight against the Taliban who only are fighting for power and control over the people there, then they might realize that their ideology has no religious cause! Their just insane power maniacs who will do anything to regain power! Their destiny is in hell!

First this guy never said he was Christian, second who are you to twist the Bible and Jesus' teachings? He taught love and respect for everyone. He also taught that the ONLY path to heaven was through HIM. Ergo, if you are Muslim you're not going to heaven according to the Bible. So what Dan said was completely correct, they will be going to hell.

I feel sorry for you if you don't believe in GOD!!! I wouldn't be here today if there wasn't a GOD... I would have been killed in Vietnam!!! I really believe that...
Those of you that think Jesus will make your sins go away are Crazy!!! Because only GOD can do that... Because we are all GODS Children!!!

That is what I have against all Religions but Budda... They break GODS Law and are forgiven after doing it!!! I try my hardest to live by the 10 commandments... It isn't easy but at least I try!!! I believe it is up to God who is right and who is wrong... So do what you want but don't expect GOD to forgive you just because Your Religion says you are excused from it!!!

This needs to continue, educate the female and male children and they also need to teach the women the same combat skills including hand to hand to put them on a more even footing with males who think of them as property that should not be educated and respected.

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